Building the collection... What would you consider the iconic knives in US culture?

A Justice said:
Marbles Ideal - The Fixed blade stag handled hunting knife that others were crediting Buck with
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I'm thinking about that one....what would be on the belt of many a casual outdoorsman who wanted a belt knife would be one of the many, many German Marbles knockoffs. I believe Japan picked up on that market also. They were wildly popular in their day.
 
I can't improve on the list in the Original Post other than to add Italian stilettos, incorporated into our cultural iconography around the 1950s and the centerpiece of many a showdown between Mods and Rockers. ;)

*edit* (nevermind they're there)
 
Buck Special
Easily recognized and not only after the Scary Movie series.
Sorry if somebody mentioned it before me.
:)
 
You would need to add a knife with a folding spoon and fork. Also from the lower end of the scale one of those cheap giveaway knives all in steel, where the handle was just a single piece folded over with a blade and nail file rivetted in the center. Usually on a ball chain. Those are two that anyone would recognize.

Grizz
 
Using the OP's definition of iconic as "even non-knife people in the U.S. would recognize it," I'm surprised this one didn't come up more:



Not that I'd ever buy one -- I'd rather have a BK-9 -- but hey, that's just me - LOL!
 
gytheran said:
Ok, So far I've got(Alphabetical) :

  • Barlow
  • Bowie Knife
  • Buck 110
  • Buck 119/120
  • Butterfly Knife(balisong)
  • Case Knife
  • Schrade Old-Timer
  • Stiletto Switchblade
  • USMC military knife - from Camillus, K-Bar, or Pal
  • Victorinox SAK
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To this I'd add some others already mentioned in this thread:

  • Leatherman
  • Rambo Survival knife
  • Loveless Drop Point
  • Russell Green River
  • Marble Woodcrafter
  • Dudley Spearpoint
 
An Arkansas toothpick, and a patch knife. Iconic, and everyone knows what an arkansas toothpick is. Also, some type of rusty shiv....everyone knows what they are too.
 
I don't know whether you would consider it a knife, but the Collins machetes were very popular in the US and South America for a very long time.

n2s
 
Has Rambo knife came up yet? I didn't see it on the front page. If it has disregard this post. Best,

I should have jumped to page three. Well there three of us have posted it so it "must" fit the list.
 
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link2derek said:
Using the OP's definition of iconic as "even non-knife people in the U.S. would recognize it," ....
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Honestly, I'm not sure if I'm being trolled. To not read the whole post, let alone the whole thread, only to post the same drivel... Sorry if it comes off as rude, but it's rather obnoxious having to explain over and over again intentions that are not only covered in the very first post, but was rehashed over and over again due to a previous individual spewing the same...

So in essence, you're telling me that you not only DID NOT read the first post past the first sentence, but you also missed the 3 page discussion where I regurgitate the same intentions over and over again to someone else? You're kidding me, right? I only ask as I really don't understand how that works... well, outside of a joke. You are joking with me, right? Pulling my leg? Giving me a hard time? Please tell me yes...

I'd explain it again... but it would involve some page flipping and a whole lot of CTRL+C & CTRL+V... for someone who couldn't be bothered to read the first post. Nah, I'm good.

Thanks for the laugh, though... good one! lol :thumbup:
 
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